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And I would be willing to bet that if you respond, they will go back to everyone they quoted in the first article, and say, tmp said "x", what is your response? Then they will reprint what all those people have to say about your response. Worse yet, they may misrepresent your response, which will result in even more tilted comments. The media loves a controversy. Don't give it to them. They have run their story, and about the only way for them to keep it in the public eye is for you to comment.

By the way, in the event they contact you for a response, don't make one, but don't say "No comment." "No comment" is almost universally interpreted as a showing of guilt. A response should be "the rules of my association don't allow me to respond to that" or "I don't believe referees should publically comment"...in other words, no f'n comment, but in nice wrapping paper.